Blackpool Tramway - Blackpool Tramway Today

Blackpool Tramway Today

Blackpool is one of the three surviving public service tramways to use double-deck trams, the others being Hong Kong and Alexandria, Egypt.

Trams run from Starr Gate in the south to Fleetwood in the north. Some services, especially in busy periods such as during Blackpool Illuminations or on bank holidays, start or terminate short at Cleveleys, Red Bank Road in Bispham, or the Pleasure Beach. This is to allow a more intensive service through the centre of Blackpool. During the Illuminations, specially decorated trams carry passengers on the promenade along the illuminated area, which runs from Starr Gate to Bispham. Fleetwood was the only town in England to retain trams running down the main street.

The Flexity 2 trams now operate main services, with modified double-deck trams providing extra capacity during weekends and summer months. Unmodified, traditional trams provide a 'heritage service' on weekends, bank holidays and summer months. They only stop at special 'heritage stops', located next to the conventional tram stops. 'Heritage Trams' operate between North Pier and the Pleasure Beach.